The Race, Memory, and Democracy Project

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Author: Ashley Quarcoo

The Race, Memory, and Democracy Project drew on the domestic experience of state and city leaders as well as global practice on transitional justice, bringing together practitioners and experts from both realms to explore the relationship between public memory and democracy. The project connected communities and public officials in the United States to exchange challenges and share best practices on community engagement in truth-telling, public memory, and reparative projects; shared learning from scholars and practitioners of transitional justice, including international experience with truth-telling and public memory projects in support of healing after the commission of human rights abuses; and expanded awareness of the tools and approaches for community engagement around sites of memory and public space.

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